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Benefits of Membership

Your membership supports:

Publications

The OCSS Newsletter is published four times a year. The newsletter provides information regarding teaching materials and methods, programs and projects for teachers and students, legislative trends, opportunities for professional development and more.

Published in the spring and summer, members receive two editions a year of Ohio’s own scholarly social studies journal which offers in-depth articles and a potential opportunity to have your research and articles published.

nearly 300 children’s titles to the Ohio Academic

and elementary teachers. Available at ocss.org.

Voicing Our Opinions- Classroom teachers, university instructors, and social studies professionals from related organizations serve on the executive board. Together, we carry your voice to Ohio’s legislators and the Ohio Department of Education, advocating on behalf of social studies education. We have testified in favor of increased social studies graduation requirements and sought equal treatment of educators’ views at public hearings on educational issues.

Being Part of the Process- OCSS members have served on the Ohio Model Curriculum Committee, the Ohio Licensure Committee, as well as Ohio Achievement Test content advisory and range-finding committees.

OCSS annually recognizes members with Teacher-of-the-Year awards in elementary, middle and high school categories. There is also an award for Educator-of-the-Year recognizing a contributor from outside the classroom.

Recognizing Student Achievement

OCSS participates in the awards for Ohio History Day and gives the President’s Scholarship annually to an exemplary college student member who is planning a career in the field.